Cases
Experience: Cheryl Lankston v. Ethicon Inc.
Johnson & Johnson, In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Houston Division
No. 4:17-CV- 00323
November 9, 2017
Trial Counsel
defense verdict.
Kimberly Adkins v. Ethicon Inc.
Johnson & Johnson, In the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
No. 130700919
June 9, 2017
Trial Counsel
defense verdict.
Keckley v. Estes Equipment Corp. et al., In the Circuit Court of Rankin County, Mississippi
Cause No. 2014-46
May 15, 2017
summary judgment.
Pilot Travel Centers, LLC v. Mid-Continent Cas. Comp., 2016 WL 1633060, USDC of S. Miss
April 21, 2016
summary judgment.
Whitener v. Baxter Healthcare Corp., USDC of E.D. LA
Apr. 22, 2014
summary judgment.
James Orams v. Pilot Travel Centers, LLC, Circuit Court of Hinds County, Mississippi
Civil Action No. 251-09-6909
August 15, 2013
summary judgment.
Suzanna Davis v. The Young Men's Christian Association, Circuit Court of Rankin County, Mississippi
Civil Action No. 2012-653
April 23, 2013
summary judgment.
Lyles v. Maselle & Associates et al.
Mississippi Arbitration Association
April 2, 2013
Lead Trial Counsel
defense verdict.
Savage v. Pilot Travel Centers, LLC, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Civil Action No. 11-60406
March 9, 2012
summary judgment affirmed.
Magee v. Covington County School Dist., 96 So.3d 742 (Miss. App. Ct. 2012)
summary judgment affirmed.
Mayers v. Burke H
ling Systems, Inc,
Circuit Court of Scott County, Mississippi
May 31, 2011
Lead Trial Counsel
directed verdict.
Marie Ellison et al. v. CareGivers, LLC d/b/a Clarksdale Nursing Home, Circuit Court of Coahoma County, Mississippi
Civil Action No. 14-CI-02-0141
August 30, 2010
summary judgment.
Derse, Inc. v. Haas Outdoors, Inc. dba Mossy Oak
August 17, 2010
American Arbitration Association
No. 69 152 00513
Lead Trial Counsel
judgment for client for full amount requested.
State Farm Auto Ins. Co. v. Tiffin Motor Homes, Inc., Caddo Parish, LA
June 1, 2009
summary judgment.
Thelma Mitchell, et al. v. Nutrition & Management Services, Inc., et al., Circuit Court of Coahoma County, Mississippi
Civil Action No. 14-CI-03-0063
February 17, 2009
summary judgment.
McIntosh v. Dillards Department Stores
S.D. Miss.
February 12, 2008
Lead Trial Counsel
defense verdict.
Veal v. J.P. Morgan Trust Co., N.A., 955 So.2d 843 (Miss. 2007).
Eaton Vance Municipals Trust v. Conegie, 2007 WL 1484539 (N.D. Miss. 2007).
McKenzie v. Highl
Home Nursing Center, et al.
Rankin County Circuit Court
Cause No. 2002-393
September 17, 2003
obtained first order from a Mississippi trial court compelling arbitration in a nursing home case.
Smith v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., 286 F.Supp.2d 777 (S.D. Miss. 2003).
Backwell v. Tiffin Motor Homes, Inc.
Circuit Court of Smith County, Miss.
Trial Counsel
defense verdict.
Assisted Trial Teams in following cases: Beare/Gaffney v. Ortho-McNeil-Janssen, No. 196-10MT Superior Court of New Jersey Law Division
Atlantic County
2011 - defense verdict.
Thomas Gaines v. McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
No. CGC-06-457600 -Superior Court of California
County of San Francisco
2010 - defense verdict.
Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc. v. Armond, 866 So.2d 1092 (Miss. 2004) Mississippi Supreme Court decision in favor of client.
Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc. v. Bailey, 878 So.2d 31 (Miss. 2004), a Mississippi Supreme Court ruling in favor of client.
